Leppitsch, who was injured after crashing to the ground near the Essendon goal square during the third quarter of the Lions' 10-point loss, flew home to Brisbane yesterday.

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The Lions also lost backman Chris Scott to a quad strain, and went in without midfielders Nigel Lappin (groin) and Jason Akermanis (hamstring), who previously had not missed through injury since round seven 2000.

Chris Johnson remains at least a fortnight away from returning from the hamstring injury he received in round 13, and ruckman Beau McDonald (knee) will not be considered for another four or five weeks.

Brisbane football manager Graeme Allen would not speculate yesterday on the outlook for Leppitsch, and said the club would only know more after the X-rays. "We'll scan him. He's come home today and he'll get the scans done, so until then we don't know," Allen said.

He said Scott would probably miss one week and was also unexcited about Akermanis and Lappin's chances of coming in against Port Adelaide this Saturday night. "They'll both be tested this week but certainly neither of them are long-term injuries of any sort," Allen said.

West Coast was hopeful last night that Gardiner would miss only two matches with a strained posterior ligament in his right knee, which he hurt in the first minute of the third term against the Power on Saturday night.

Eagles coach John Worsfold described the injury to the star ruckman as the most disappointing aspect of the 64-point pummelling. "That's a couple of weeks - hopefully only one but probably two," Worsfold said after the match.

Hall will take a lengthy record with him when he fronts the AFL Tribunal on the misconduct charge. He has been booked eight times during his career, and suspended five times.

Primus, who has only recently returned to the Port side after knee and hamstring injuries, was reported for striking Judd by umpire Hayden Kennedy during the first quarter.

Hawthorn's Kris Barlow and Melbourne's Brad Green were reported by a goal umpire on Saturday for stomping on each other's feet during the first quarter of the match.